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WebRTC is one of the highlights of HTML5. The latest stable releases of Google Chrome (including the free Chromium browser) and Firefox include support for this technology and although the specifications are still being finalized, this is the time when developers can start preparing the first generation of web-apps that will define the future of this technology.

The JSCommunicator project aims to make it easy to integrate WebRTC into existing web applications.

It provides a high-level API on top of the popular JsSIP SIP stack for JavaScript. The JSCommunicator API provides basic dialing and call control features, allowing you to focus on the application level rather than the SIP level. The configuration file suggests many possible ways it can be deployed and customized without any coding at all.

It is particularly important to think about ways to make this technology useful for the Debian Developer community in the pursuit of Debian's work.

Not just for Debian

A communication product is not much use if there is nobody to talk to.

The optimal outcome of this project may involve helping two or three additional free software communities to build portals similar to https://rtc.debian.org so that they can interact with Debian and each other using Federated SIP. As Metcalfe's Law explains, this outcome would be a win-win situation for everybody.

Mentors needed too

The more diverse the mentoring community, the more positive outcomes we can achieve with this project.

If you would like to be part of a mentoring team for this project, please email me and subscribe to the Debian SOC co-ordination email list. There is no strict requirement for all mentors in the team to be full Debian Developers and emerging technology like this clearly needs people with strengths in a range of different areas.

If you are interested in other JavaScript and jQuery opportunities for GSoC 2014, please also read more about the web components in the Ganglia project - if you apply for both Debian and Ganglia, you only have to complete one coding test as part of your application.